Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. Unedited. The prompt this week is … Strive. Strive – the dictionary defines this as “to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: to make strenuous efforts toward...
“But by the grace of God I am what I am.” (1 Corinthians 15:10, NASB) “Has the manner of God’s working in relation to your own life come home to you? Have you not been arrested by the way in which He has moved, choosing you out from multitudes...
We need to see with fresh eyes each time we read Scripture. The interactions of the people, both with each other and with Jesus, provides us with practical insight into the way Jesus also desires to interact with each one of us in our present day. Two stories of...
“A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation. God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.” (Psalm 68:5”“6, NASB) They say a child’s impression...
The week began in Matthew 5:2-12 and a focus on the beatitudes. In this sermon, Jesus overturns all that the people were expecting in a Messiah. In so doing, He destroys the validity of their expectations and presents His upside-down kingdom. “His kingdom would...
